Ipek Duben

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Ipek Duben (born 1941) is a contemporary visual artist based in Istanbul, Turkey.^[1] She produces artist books, poetry, installations, video, painting and sculpture. Her work deals with identity, feminism, and migration with a strong emphasis on social and political criticism.^[2] Besides actively producing and exhibiting art, Duben also has numerous published essays and books on art and criticism. Her work has been shown in international institutions, including Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (2022); Kunstraum Keuzberg/Bethanien (2022); Social Works, Frieze London (2018); Brighton Festival (2017); Fabrica, Brighton, UK (2017); SALT Galata, Istanbul (2015); British Museum, London (2014); 13th Istanbul Biennial (2013); Istanbul Modern (2011, 2009); the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. (2010); and Akademie der Künst, Berlin (2009). In 2015, SALT published a collection of her essays on art and criticism written between 1978 and 2010.

Her book İpek Duben: The Skin, Body, and I was published in 2024.^[3]

Ipek Duben earned her BA at Agnes Scott College (1963), MA (1965) and ABD (1969, all but the dissertation) in Political science at the University of Chicago.^[1]

Ipek Duben's works are held in the collection of the British Museum.^[1]

SALT e-publications  İpek Duben Yazı ve Söyleşileri 1978-2010 [İpek Duben Essays and Interviews 1978-2010],

http://saltonline.org/tr/1432; İpek Duben [ONLAR/THEY, Video Installation], 

http://saltonline.org/tr/1432, 2016